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1877 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during
1877 in Australia
.
Incumbents
Governors
Governor of
New South Wales
–
Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
Governor of Queensland –
Sir William Cairns
until 14 March, then
Arthur Kennedy
Governor of
South Australia
–
Sir Anthony Musgrave
until 29 January, then
William Jervois
Governor of Tasmania –
Frederick Weld
Governor of Victoria –
Sir George Bowen
Premiers
Premier of New
South Wales
–
* until 21 March:
John Robertson
* 21 March-16 August:
Henry Parkes
* 17 August-17 December: John Robertson
* starting 17 December:
James Farnell
Premier of Queensland –
George Thorn
until
8 March
, then
John Douglas
Premier of South Australia –
John Colton
until 26 October, then
James Boucaut
Premier of Tasmania –
Thomas Reibey
until
9 August
, then
Philip Fysh
Premier of Victoria –
James McCulloch
Events
8 March – John Douglas becomes
Premier of Queensland
10 March –
Cloncurry
was established
15 March to
4 April
–
1877 Australia v England series
is played
1 April – A settlement on
Thursday Island
was established for the refueling of
steam ships
8 June – Lutherans found the
Hermannsburg Mission
at
Finke River
in the
Northern Territory
20 July – Arthur Kennedy becomes
Governor of Queensland
9 August – Philip Fysh becomes
Premier of Tasmania
17 August – John Robertson begins another term as
Premier of New South Wales
11 September – Ships
Avalanche
and
Forrest
collide off
Portland, Victoria
, only 3 of the 107 passengers are saved
2 October – William Jervois becomes
Governor of South Australia
26 October – James Boucaut becomes
Premier of South Australia
12 November –
Harry Ord
becomes
Governor of Western Australia
Arts and literature
Sport
30 April –
South Australian Football League
founded.
17 May –
Victorian Football Association
founded.
Births
17 January –
May Gibbs
25 August –
John Latham
8 October –
Hans Heysen
14 November –
Norman Brookes
Deaths
25 March
–
Caroline Chisholm
, humanitarian
2 April
–
Bully Hayes
, ship's captain and trader
7 April
–
John Arthur
, Tasmanian cricketer
16 June –
John Fairfax
, journalist and politician
18 July –
Joseph Anderson
,
Norfolk Island
administrator
17 August
–
Martin Cash
, convict escapee
16 September -
Saxe Bannister
, first
Attorney General of New South Wales